Where does Brian Bispala work?

Brian Bispala is Founder of Aftercode and Investor at Great North Ventures.

What check size does Brian Bispala write?

Brian Bispala typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.

What companies did Brian Bispala found?

Brian Bispala founded Aftercode.

Where did Brian Bispala go to school?

Brian Bispala studied at University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering); University of Minnesota Duluth (Mechanical Engineering); Hibbing High School.

Brian Bispala

InvestorFounder

Investor at Great North Ventures

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Writes $1M – $10M checks · typically $5M

FoundedAftercode

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Ironlake PartnersPrincipalcurrent2025 — presentGreater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Glynn 100Member and Partnercurrent2022 — present
Rice Park CapitalAdvisor, Investorcurrent2019 — present
Great North VenturesAdvisor, Investorcurrent2018 — present
FoodaHead of Technology, Foodsby2024 — 2025
FoodsbyCTO2023 — 2024Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
FoodsbyBoard Member, Investor2015 — 2024
ColaboratoryCo-Founder & CTO2021 — 2023Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
RamblCo-Founder & President2017 — 2019Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Code42Co-Founder2001 — 2017Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
CrashPlanCo-Founder2001 — 2017Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
WebhelpSenior Software Developer1999 — 2002Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Integral PartnersSoftware Developer1998 — 1999Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
AccentureConsultant1996 — 1998Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Skills & more

Cloud Computing42Sales Process3Leadership50SaaS40Entrepreneurship18Product Development2Web Development11Start-ups17Strategic Partnerships15Software Development22Agile Methodologies14Enterprise Software30

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Business DevelopmentNew Business DevelopmentSalesLinuxOperations ManagementIntegrityMobile ApplicationsEnterprise ArchitectureProduct ManagementIntegrationSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Management

Investment Foundations® Certificate — CFA Institute

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Colleagues at Great North Ventures

Art Rosenberg

Investor at Great North Ventures

Brad Lehrman

Investor at Great North Ventures

Graeme Thickins

Investor at Great North Ventures

Grant Gibson

Senior Associate at Great North Ventures

Jeffrey Robbins

Investor at Great North Ventures

Jonathan Ozeran

Advisor at Good Growth Capital

Joseph Daher

Senior Associate at Great North Ventures

Matt

General Partner at Praxis Ventures Management, Llc

Network5

Graeme Thickins

Investor at Great North Ventures

Matt

General Partner at Praxis Ventures Management, Llc

Michael Schulte

Principal at Great North Ventures

Pradip Madan

Managing Partner at Great North Ventures

Robert Weber

Founder/Managing Partner at Great North Ventures

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Brian Bispala?: Investor at Great North Ventures
Where does Brian Bispala work?: Brian Bispala is Founder of Aftercode and Investor at Great North Ventures.
What check size does Brian Bispala write?: Brian Bispala typically writes checks of $1M – $10M.
What companies did Brian Bispala found?: Brian Bispala founded Aftercode.
Where did Brian Bispala go to school?: Brian Bispala studied at University of Minnesota (Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering); University of Minnesota Duluth (Mechanical Engineering); Hibbing High School.

Founder mafias

University of Minnesota Duluth mafia9

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Robert EthierBachelor of Business Administration - BBAFounded Impact Science Ventures Kristen DenzerMAFounded Tierra Encantada Kyle KingsleyBachelor of Science - BSFounded Vireo Growth Jacob BalmaBachelor’s DegreeFounded Maxwell Labs Melissa DanielsenBachelor of ArtsFounded Joshin Melanie FountaineBachelor of Science - BSFounded Joshin

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Fooda mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

BEN CATTOORHead of FoodsbyFounded Foodsby

Great North Ventures mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

MattInvestorFounded Xometry

Hibbing High School mafia2

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Tony JacobsonFounded Social Indoor

Same school

Also attended University of Minnesota325

Madeline PopeSenior Associate, Platform & Marketing at March Capital Partners Nate LeeFounder and Chief Information Security Officer at Scale Venture Partners Isaac ZikeManaging Director at RiverVest Venture Partners Dean HlushkoSales Manager (Western U.S.) at Needham Funds Richard HeymanVenture Partner at ARCH Venture Partners John BergstromInvestor at Mairs & Power VC

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Also attended University of Minnesota Duluth23

Peyton GreenVice President of Investments at Traction Capital Eskender AbebeProduct Research Partner at Archetype Rigo da SilvaLead DataOps Engineer at Camber Partners Amit SinghalManaging Partner at SmartStart Fund Angela WoodChief Financial Officer at North Sky Amanda KremerEvent Coordinator at Revelstoke Capital Partners

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Also attended Hibbing High School2

Tony JacobsonFounder & CEO at Social Indoor Michael HallDirector at Yukon Capital Partners

Shared employers

Also worked at Fooda5

Bill PescatelloInvestor at Lightbank Elodie DupuyFounding Partner at Full In Partners Niket ParikhManaging Director, Portfolio Success at Full In Partners Orazio BuzzaExecutive Officer, Director at Fooda BEN CATTOORExecutive Officer, Director at Foodsby

Also worked at Code429

Tim ConnorPartner at NewView Capital Connor RyanPresident at Frontier Growth Michael SchultePrincipal at Great North Ventures Jason DonahueManaging Member at Realization Capital Partners Jimmy BohmbachAccountant at Rice Alex GobbiChief Marketing Officer at Unanet

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Also worked at Webhelp6

Emma SchakelInvestmentmanager NOM at NV NOM Michael ToxopeusInvestment Analist at NV NOM Maty NdiayeManaging Director, West Africa at Mediterrania Capital Partners Mathilde SpanoFamily Executive Assistant Senior at Ivesta Family Office Camille GuayFamily Executive Assistant at Ivesta Family Office Yan NoblotChief Digital Information Officer at Trescal

Also worked at Accenture1,345

Mark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront Ventures Chris BrittCo-founder & CEO of Chime Viviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis Ventures Julie YangVice President at Investcorp Amira OujiVice President of Platform & Portfolio Success, Rise of the Rest at Revolution Antonio GrifoniAssociate at P101 Ventures

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